https://dailycoffeenews.com/author/jenrobertsdcn/ Business news for specialty coffee professionals Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:43:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/18/three-questions-with-coffee-and-beverage-expert-piper-jones/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:14:25 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=180935 Anyone spotting Piper Jones at the recent International Women’s Coffee Alliance convention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, likely found her genuinely listening, deeply engaged in a one-on-one conversation, almost in awe...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/07/08/three-questions-with-francis-kungu-of-kenya-focused-jamii-coffee/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:03:22 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=180762 Francis Kungu can recall his younger days sitting with his friends at a pub across the street from a coffee farm in rural Kenya.   “We used to swear that we’d...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/29/three-questions-with-ben-carlson-of-long-miles-coffee-project/ Wed, 29 May 2024 14:52:28 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179734 Responding to past injustices in Burundi’s industry and building upon their own careers in coffee, Ben and Kristy Carlson started Long Miles Coffee Project in 2011.  The coffee production and...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/05/08/three-questions-with-firaol-ahmed-of-moii-coffee/ Wed, 08 May 2024 14:24:13 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=179586 On Friday, April 12, as thousands of coffee professionals were gathered in Chicago for the Specialty Coffee Expo, Saint Louis University junior Firaol Ahmed was lacing up his track shoes...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/04/08/startup-sprout-offers-tech-backed-climate-insurance-for-smallholder-farmers/ Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:33:46 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=178645 Ashley King-Bischof founded a company called Sprout in 2021 with a multifaceted approach to building climate resilience for smallholder coffee farmers.  The firm offers seasonal climate insurance to farmers while...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/03/26/five-must-visit-new-coffee-shops-in-mexico-city/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:10:47 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=178492 The Mexico City coffee scene is booming, and few people have captured the sounds and sights as thoroughly as Fernanda Pérez Rosell, creator of the Here for the Coffee MX...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/01/30/new-afca-director-gilbert-gatali-on-the-20th-african-fine-coffees-conference/ Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:44:24 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177494 As the African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA) prepares for the 20th iteration of its flagship event, the African Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition, the group is operating under new executive...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/01/29/three-questions-with-iwca-executive-director-blanca-castro/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:57:16 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177363 When International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) Executive Director began her job years ago at the Guatemalan coffee association Anacafé, she knew next to nothing about coffee.  “I just pretended that...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/01/25/three-questions-with-gabriela-parfait-of-the-good-sourcing/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:13:25 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177177 After eight years working for the French green coffee importing company Belco, Gabriela Parfait has launched a coffee-focused company called The Good Sourcing.  The new venture is intentionally small, although...]]> https://dailycoffeenews.com/2024/01/11/swallow-promises-new-coffee-beginnings-in-alicante-spain/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:35:54 +0000 https://dailycoffeenews.com/?p=177007 With a calming beige color scheme, and natural light and warm sea breezes spilling through the front door, Swallow (IG) offers a Mediterranean coffee oasis in Alicante, Spain.  A quality-focused...]]>